Gaming apps block access in India's Silicon Valley state as ban takes effect


FILE PHOTO: Commuters watch videos on their mobile phones as they travel in a suburban train in Mumbai, India, April 2, 2016. Picture taken April 2, 2016. REUTERS/Shailesh Andrade/File Photo/File Photo

BENGALURU (Reuters) - Sequoia Capital-funded Mobile Premier League (MPL) was among the first few gaming startups that began blocking access to users in the Indian state of Karnataka on Wednesday following a ban on online gaming.

The law, which came into effect late on Tuesday, bans online games involving betting and wagering, and "any act or risking money, or otherwise on the unknown result of an event including on a game of skill".

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